Top Telecom Companies in Ghana
Marcopolis.net has listed the top telecom companies in Ghana according to their market share. Ghana’s total mobile voice penetration rate reached 127.06% in April 2017 and the total number of mobile voice subscriptions was 35,984,280.
Top Telecom Companies in Ghana
Ghana’s Top Telecoms
Marcopolis.net has listed the main telecom companies in Ghana according to their latest market share (i.e. the size of their respective subscriber bases). The data was released by the National Communications Authority, Ghana’s telecom industry regulator.
There are six telecom companies operating in Ghana. The largest telecom operator is MTN Ghana (47.16% market share in April 2017).
Ghana’s total mobile voice penetration rate reached 127.06% in April 2017 and the total number of mobile voice subscriptions was 35,984,280. This represents an increase 0.57% in comparison with March 2017’s data.
MTN, Vodafone and Tigo increased their mobile voice subscriber bases. MTN’s voice subscriptions for the period reached almost 17 million, registering a 1.07% growth as opposed to March 2017’s figure. Vodafone’s mobile voice subscriptions rose from 8,582,387 (March 2017) to 8,651,515 (April 2017). Tigo’s voice subscriptions increased from 5,098,480 (March 2017) to 5,187,936 (April 2017).
On the other hand, the subscriber bases of Airtel, Glo and Expresso decreased throughout the same period. Airtel’s voice subscriptions dropped by 2.27%, reaching 4,398,913 in April 2017. Glo’s voice subscriptions decreased by 2.12% to 753,341 in April 2017. Expresso’s voice subscriber base shrank by 42% to 23,264 in April 2017.
Ghana’s total mobile data penetration rate stood at 76.22% in April 2017 and the total subscriptions of mobile data reached 21,584,899. The largest cellular mobile data operator in Ghana remains MTN Ghana (56.11% market share in April 2017).
MTN’s mobile data subscriptions for April 2017 was 12,110,284 as opposed to 3,657,020 registered by Vodafone in the same month, leaving a quite big market share gap between the two operators. The latter’s market share stood at 16.94% in April 2017, followed by Tigo’s 12.99%, Airtel’s 12.79%, Glo’s 1.13% and Expresso’s 0.05%.
As for the fixed telephone lines operators, there are currently two companies providing fixed line services in Ghana: Vodafone and Airtel. As of April 2017, the total subscriptions for the fixed operators was 266,082, recording a 0.19% drop since March 2017. Vodafone boasts with a much broader subscriber base than Airtel; the former’s represented 259,189 subscriptions in April 2017 while the latter’s reached 6,893.
Top Telecom Companies in Ghana
| Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Description |
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| 1 | Ghana | Telecom | operated by Scancom Ghana Limited Chief Executive Officer: Ebenezer Twum Asante — Interview: Exclusive Interview with MTN Ghana, Ghana’s Telecom Market Leader Voice subscriber base as of April 2017: 16,969,311 Data subscriber use as of April 2017: 12,110,284 Market share (voice) as of April 2017: 47.16% Market share (data) as of April 2017: 56.11% |
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| 2 | Ghana | Telecom | operated by GT/Vodafone Ghana Limited Chief Executive Officer: Haris Broumidis Voice subscriber base as of April 2017: 8,651,515 Data subscriber use as of April 2017: 3,657,020 Fixed line subscriber use as of April 2017: 259,189 Market share (mobile) as of April 2017: 24.04% Market share (data) as of April 2017: 16.94% |
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| 3 | Ghana | Telecom | operated by Milicom Ghana Limited Chief Executive Officer: Roshi Motman Voice subscriber base as of April 2017: 5,187,936 Data subscriber use as of April 2017: 2,802,950 Market share (mobile) as of April 2017: 14.42% Market share (data) as of April 2017: 12.99% |
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| 4 | Ghana | Telecom |
operated by Airtel Ghana Limited |
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| 5 | Ghana | Telecom | operated by Glo Mobile Ghana Limited Chief Operating Officer: Augustine Mamoru Mobile subscriber base as of April 2017: 753,341 Data subscriber use as of April 2017: 242,973 Market share (voice) as of April 2017: 2.09% Market share (data) as of April 2017: 1.13% |
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| 6 | Ghana | Telecom | operated by Expresso Ghana Limited Chief Executive Officer: Col. Larry Gbevlo Lartey Mobile subscriber base as of April 2017: 23,264 Data subscriber use as of April 2017: 10,151 Market share (mobile) as of April 2017: 0.06% Market share (data) as of April 2017: 0.05% |